Follow Us on Google News Chandigarh, June 9 (IANS) Punjab’s crop diversification efforts got a major fillip with cotton cultivation witnessing around 20 per cent surge, taking the area under cotton from 2.49 lakh acres last year to 2.98 lakh acres this year, an increase of over 49,000 acres, state Agriculture Minister Gurmeet Singh Khudian … Read more
Follow Us on Google News Chandigarh, May 12 (IANS) Punjab Excise and Taxation Minister Harpal Singh Cheema on Monday said the investigative wings of the state’s Taxation Department have detected transactions of Rs 1,549 crore involving bogus billing or paper transactions and have successfully blocked fraudulent Input Tax Credit (ITC) claims amounting to Rs 108.79 … Read more
Follow Us on Google News Chandigarh, April 30 (IANS) As wheat procurement in Punjab is heading for a record production of 124 lakh metric tons (LMT), the procurement has been going on at a rapid pace throughout Punjab and till now 114 LMT of produce has arrived, out of which 111 LMT has been procured. … Read more
Follow Us on Google News Chandigarh, April 4 (IANS) Saying Punjab is heading for a bumper wheat crop, state Food, Civil Supplies, and Consumer Affairs Minister Lal Chand Kataruchak on Friday stressed the government has made preparations to facilitate over eight lakh farmers during the ongoing wheat procurement season. After chairing a review meeting with … Read more
Follow Us on Google News Gandhinagar, March 21 (IANS) While addressing discussions on the demands for the Department of Sports, Youth, and Cultural Activities in the Budget session of the Gujarat Assembly, Minister Harsh Sanghvi emphasised that youth are the future of the country. He stated that the Gujarat government remains committed to fostering sports … Read more
Hyderabad, Feb 10 (IANS) Telangana’s Minister for Industry and Information Technology D. Sridhar Babu has strongly condemned the attack on Chilkur Balaji Temple head priest C. S. Rangarajan and made it clear that the government will not tolerate anarchic elements hijacking Hinduism to spread hate and terror. Terming the attack on the chief priest and … Read more
Bengaluru, Jan 15 (IANS) Karnataka Congress government on Wednesday clarified that the police will investigate the involvement of more people in the horrific incident of slashing of udders of three cows in Bengaluru. Addressing the media, Home Minister G. Parameshwara said in Bengaluru, “The police have arrested one person in connection with the case. The … Read more